Food recall

Wholesome Soy Products recall: Mung bean sprouts packaged in 10 lb.

Wholesome Soy Products, of Chicago, IL, recalled Mung bean sprouts packaged in 10 lb.. The FDA's reason: “Listeria monocytogenes was found in the mung bean sprouts and the area where the sprouts are produced.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 29, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 24, 2016. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed April 13, 2016

The recall

Company
Wholesome Soy Products (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Listeria monocytogenes was found in the mung bean sprouts and the area where the sprouts are produced.”
Where it was sold
US: IL
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69702

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0615-2016 Class I

    Mung bean sprouts packaged in 10 lb., 15 lb., and 30 lb. plastic bags.

    Codes: There are no product or production codes associated with these products.

    Quantity: 110,000 lbs. of mung bean sprouts

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of February 24, 2016.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.